Former England and Kent spinner Underwood dies aged 78 15 April 2024 0 comments Derek Underwood, the most prolific spin bowler in England’s Test history, has died at the age of 78. Underwood, affectionately […]
From Atkinson to de Caires – potential County Championship stars 3 April 2024 0 comments Cricketers around the country are gearing up for the Vitality County Championship which gets under way on Friday. Here, we […]
England ‘at end of cycle’ in ODIs – Atherton 26 October 2023 0 comments Former England captain Michael Atherton said the current one-day side could be “at the end of the cycle” after another […]
Brilliant Benny compounds Seaxers woe 11 July 2021 0 comments BENNY Howell’s phenomenal spell helped Gloucestershire defend 171 to beat Middlesex by ten runs and leave the Seaxers rooted to […]
Like father, like son. It’s mini Athers! 16 May 2021 0 comments By Andy Baber Stubborn: Josh De Caires and dad MikeTHE apple does not appear to fall far from the tree […]
Atherton Jnr signs new pro deal with Middlesex 6 September 2020 0 comments MICHAEL Atherton’s son, Josh De Caires, is excited for the future after being handed a three-year professional contract by Middlesex. […]
Johnson column: You don’t see 11-hour batting marathons anymore in Test cricket 12 September 2018 0 comments By Martin Johnson Some of you will remember a Seventies television sitcom in which the title character, Reggie Perrin, opens […]
Pringle column: ECB may still offer a pathway for universities 17 May 2018 0 comments Derek Pringle focusses on the state of university cricket after eleven players from Anglia Ruskin were named in Cambridge MCCU’s team to play Essex
Pringle column: Did a certain Australian just use the c-word? 4 April 2018 0 comments Derek Pringle looks at the week Cricket Australia endured and a past episode of ball-tampering in this country
From Botham’s beef to the Pollock pearls, TV was a joy 29 May 2017 0 comments Peter Hayter spends a day on his sofa enthusing at the expertise of Sky’s coverage at Headingley SKY TV’s monopoly […]
Martin Johnson column – Players can get teed off with Press sometimes… Don’t I know! 20 December 2016 0 comments If I had a fiver for every time a cricketer has said: “I never read the newspapers” I’d be a […]
Top captains in numbers… but not necessarily in their rankings! 16 November 2016 0 comments As Alastair Cook surpasses Michael Atherton as England’s most-capped skipper, Derek Pringle identifies the key similarities between the pair Amid […]
England lost throughout the 1990s – because rivals were the all-time greats 23 May 2016 0 comments Emma John knew nothing but defeat as a fan of 90s England. But were Atherton’s Army really that bad? It […]